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Novelty of the Mind

Every thought one can have is nothing but a complex and new permutation of known facts and memories.

A man without any memory, knowledge or experience of all life senses technically, should not be able to imagine, well... anything!

Every thought we have is but a mere extrapolation and combination of pre existing thoughts. Or is it something more. Our thoughts are but a product of all stimuli ever received. Just piled up. Being consumed, processed, replayed, remodelled.. In all the permutations and combinations that strike our mind first.


I would honestly love to be disproven in this matter. It is eerie how missed out experiences in life contribute more to our path than we could ever know. Merely because, we do not know what we've missed out on!

Stimuli is replayed behind our eyes again so that we make sense of the world around us.

The catch is, this constantly changes the way we think or - the permutations used before the memories fade. Forcing us through a fixed, rigid path of way of thought. A forced feedback loop so to speak.. We only make it worse by thinking about. Something we truly have no control on. 🤯

So go out there and experience more. That is something we can control. You're giving your mind new, useful tools and materials required to build a world inside your head. 



The neural network forming our brain 🠉

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